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Re: ABATE OF LOUISIANA wants NATIONWIDE ACTION! |
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May 14, 08 - 7:29 PM |
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BigWayne19@Comcast.NET |
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Yesterday our Bills suffered a tough time on the House Floor.
HB 864...
http://tinyurl.com/5wdlhg
...the Bill to move the Riders Education course out of BESE and into the DPS, didn't get the 2/3rd's majority vote required to pass on the floor. This was reportedly due to the fact that the fiscal note tied to it was over $900,000.00. This Bill would have secured our training funds that are paid for by motorcyclists’ endorsement fees, funds that BESE has raided every time the schools were in trouble (which was often) and it would have also created new course sites that are sorely needed. The Representatives decided that our safety wasn't worth the price tag.
--------- what is bese and dps ? didn't bikers pay those funds ? . . .
HB 1295...
http://tinyurl.com/5gvy4f
--------- the link sez it repeals the helmet law . . .
...our Modified Helmet Bill, was withdrawn from the calendar temporarily when it became apparent that it was going to be attacked with amendments. The amendments are as follows:
1. $50,000.00 personal health insurance policy that motorcyclists would have to carry to go lidless. Offered by Representative Neil C. Abramson (Democrat Dist. 98). This amendment would have been discriminatory due to the fact that it wouldn’t apply equally to all segments of the motoring public.
2. Denial of a lidless rider the right to sue for injuries suffered in an accident Offered by Representative Neil C. Abramson (Democrat Dist. 98). This amendment would have essentially allowed the guilty party to go unpunished while the victim would have had to either use their own insurance to pay for medical treatment or seek free (public burden?) medical care if their insurance was insufficient.
3. An amendment to require motorcyclists who choose to go lidless to sign an organ donor card (donor cyclists?) Offered by Representative Jean-Paul "JP" Morrell Democrat - District 97. This amendment is not only discriminatory but could be construed as unconstitutional.
You have to wonder what these people are thinking, how that got elected...
---------- they got elected because your friends and neighbors voted 'em in . calling 'em names won't change yer neighbors' minds . . .
We have until next Wednesday, 5/21/08, to set these Representatives straight and get our Bill back on the calendar or it will die on the House floor. While we are attempting to bring Freedom of Choice in a responsible manner the powers that be are being totally irresponsible in telling us how this should be implemented.
----------- which "powers" are those ? . . .
[***FOR BIKERS NATIONWIDE***]
We need [BIKERS NATIONWIDE] to contact as many of Representatives as they can to vote for our Bill [HB 1295] without the offered amendments. [SEE LOUISIANA REPS EMAIL ADDRESSES BELOW]
------------ are these ALL ag'in us ? should we write the same letter to our friends as we would write to our enemies ? . . .
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